Acts 7:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.

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  • Ps 105:16 : 16 And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread.
  • Gen 41:54-57 : 54 Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it. 56 And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt. 57 And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.
  • Gen 42:5 : 5 And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.
  • Gen 43:1 : 1 And when the grain which they had got in Egypt was all used up, their father said to them, Go again and get us a little food.
  • Gen 45:5-6 : 5 Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives. 6 For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.
  • Gen 45:11 : 11 And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.
  • Gen 47:13-15 : 13 Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food. 14 And all the money in Egypt and in the land of Canaan which had been given for grain, came into the hands of Joseph: and he put it in Pharaoh's house. 15 And when all the money in Egypt and Canaan was gone, the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread; would you have us come to destruction before your eyes? for we have no more money.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 7:12
    84%

    12But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.

  • Gen 43:1-2
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    81%

    1And when the grain which they had got in Egypt was all used up, their father said to them, Go again and get us a little food.

    2And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

  • Gen 47:12-13
    2 verses
    81%

    12And Joseph took care of his father and his brothers and all his father's people, giving them food for the needs of their families.

    13Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.

  • Gen 41:53-57
    5 verses
    79%

    53And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.

    54Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.

    55And when all the land of Egypt was in need of food, the people came crying to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to the people, Go to Joseph, and whatever he says to you, do it.

    56And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.

    57And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.

  • Acts 7:10
    78%

    10And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.

  • Gen 41:29-31
    3 verses
    78%

    29Seven years are coming in which there will be great wealth of grain in Egypt;

    30And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years;

    31And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.

  • Gen 42:5
    77%

    5And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 41:36
    76%

    36And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.

  • Gen 12:10
    76%

    10And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.

  • Num 20:15
    76%

    15How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers:

  • Gen 47:15
    75%

    15And when all the money in Egypt and Canaan was gone, the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread; would you have us come to destruction before your eyes? for we have no more money.

  • Gen 42:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

    3So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

  • Acts 7:17-19
    3 verses
    73%

    17But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,

    18Till another king came to power, who had no knowledge of Joseph.

    19He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.

  • Gen 47:4
    73%

    4And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.

  • Deut 26:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6And the Egyptians were cruel to us, crushing us under a hard yoke:

    7And our cry went up to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord's ear was open to the voice of our cry, and his eyes took note of our grief and the crushing weight of our work:

  • Gen 45:11
    73%

    11And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

  • Num 11:6
    73%

    6But now our soul is wasted away; there is nothing at all: we have nothing but this manna before our eyes.

  • Acts 7:15
    73%

    15And Jacob went down to Egypt, and came to his end there, and so did our fathers;

  • 1 Kgs 11:18
    73%

    18And they went on from Midian and came to Paran; and, taking men from Paran with them, they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who gave him a house and gave orders for his food and gave him land.

  • 1 Sam 12:8
    72%

    8When Jacob and his sons had come into Egypt, and were crushed by the Egyptians, the prayers of your fathers came up to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who took your fathers out of Egypt, and he put them into this place.

  • Gen 47:19
    72%

    19Are we to come to destruction before your eyes, we and our land? take us and our land and give us bread; and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh; and give us seed so that we may have life and the land may not become waste.